Draft

Another IRL draft at Optimism, this time with two pods. Why, that’s twice the pods. In deference to tradition, the website that was organizing crashed for one of the pods. But we managed to pair the third round anyway and it was fine. Good to have Chris and Patrick back in town with us!

Draft Log

So the bottom left is P1p1, Stolen by the Fae. I started veering into red with the P1p3 Slaying Fire and never really looked back. Paid off quite handsomely, iwth an Embercleave, Robber of the Rich, and other powerhouses.

Deck

Pretty aggressive deck on the front foot. The bad news is only 3x 2-drops, which isn’t really enough for a consistent aggro plan. So rely on the removal and some very, very powerful cards.

Results

I made the finals, losing to Cube Dan’s just brutal mono-blue deck. He had the Charmed Sleeps, Arcanist Owl, and Vantress Paladins to just make it impossible to overcome if I didn’t perfectly curve out. Definitely felt like I found my lane, though a little bit of a letdown not to 3-0 when I was the only one sleeving mountains.

2-1